A while ago I had a discussion with some indian friends of mine. Most
indians don't seem to realize how many persian words they have in their
own language. I remember finding a website which teaches every day talk
in Hindi and I can see so many similarities. There are also words that
are being used in hindi but hindi-speakers are not able to break it
down as it seems like the actual roots havent been borrowed, only the
word itself.

I would appreciate any info on this as well as a website which would
list all the hindi words and their english (or persian) translations so
I can compare the two languages.

Note: I have noticed many indians believe Hindi takes words from
sanskrit while urdu takes them from persian/arabic. What I'm looking
for is an investigation as to persian words in hindi not urdu.
Thanks.

Here's another Arabic word that is borrowed Kitab (book). Kitab is also used in East African Swahili.

The list is extensive. Behrouz, the list you posted covers most of the words that I am aware of.

Persian influence in the north Indic languages dates from the Mogul
period, when Persian was the official court language of the
Moguls. Akbar the Great (r 1556-1605) (well he's "the Great" in
India, but apparently a sell-out in Pakistan, but that's another story)
used to encourage peoetry and prose more than ever before, and most of
the work was in Persian.

Cywr - you are correct that the very reference to India in most Middle
Eastern languages as "Hind" derives from the name of the Indus River,
which may have even been then called "Hindus River". The name for
Sindh (the province at the mouth of the river) I'm not so sure about,
it may have developed separately. I've noticed that the plural
for each is different: Hindus vs Sindhis....I'm sure someone will
know more about that...

SalwarA pair of light, loose, pleated trousers tapering to a tight fit around the ankles, worn by women from the Indian subcontinent, typically with a kameez.– ORIGIN from Pers. Shalwar.

SardarIn the Indian subcontinent: a leader, a Sikh.– ORIGIN from Pers. sar-dar.

SarkarIn the Indian subcontinent: a man in a position of authority, especially a landowner.– ORIGIN from Pers. sarkar, from sar ‘chief’ + kar ‘agent, doer’.

SarodA lute used in classical North Indian music.– ORIGIN Pers. surod ‘song, melody’.

SepoyAn Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders.– ORIGIN from Pers. sipahi ‘soldier’.

SerangIn the Indian subcontinent: an Asian head of a Lascar crew.– ORIGIN from Pers. sar-hang ‘commander’.

ShikarIn the Indian subcontinent: hunting.– ORIGIN from Pers. Shikar.

SitarA large, long-necked Indian lute with movable frets, played with a wire pick.– ORIGIN from Pers. sitar, from sih ‘three’ + tar ‘string’.

TablaA pair of small hand drums fixed together, used in Indian music.– ORIGIN from Pers. tablah.

TajA tall conical cap worn by a dervish, a crown worn by an Indian prince.– ORIGIN from Pers. taj ‘crown’.

Tamboura (also tambura)A large four-stringed lute used in Indian music as a drone accompaniment, a long-necked lute or mandolin of Balkan countries.– ORIGIN C16: from Pers. dunbara, lit. ‘lamb’s tail’.

TandoorA clay oven of a type used originally in northern India and Pakistan.– ORIGIN from from Pers. tanur.

Zamindar (also zemindar)In the Indian subcontinent: a landowner who leased land to tenant farmers.– ORIGIN from Pers. zamindar, from zamin ‘land’ + -dar ‘holder’.

ZenanaIn India and Iran: the part of a house for the seclusion of women.– ORIGIN from Pers. zananah, from zan ‘woman’.

ZedoaryAn Indian plant related to turmeric, with an aromatic rhizome.– ORIGIN ME: from Pers. zadwar.

ZillaAn administrative district in India, containing several parganas.– ORIGIN from Pers. Nila ‘division’.

OK this is an updated list, the refrences of english translations are
on top of each section. Please correct me ppl, if we have arabs, turks
, persians and indians around here please let me know if there's a
mistake in the list or origins of words. Thanks.

It was the language of government, the Moghul court (the Moghuls were
Persian speaking IIRC). Your average Indian wouldn't have spoken it,
just like how later during the British Raj, the average Indian didn't
speak English, but both would have been the languages of important
government and business and such, and and the educated would have
learned them.

chunki, khun, kagiz, kisi and some other
ones are Turkish originated. And about 1/3 of the words are
originated from Arabic...

Thanks for the input. I will need to do research on some of those words
because I honestly don't know the origins. I would imagine kisi has
roots of Kassi in persian which breaks done to Kas (person) + (i)
meaning one, or meaning belonging to
Chunki, I would think is Chonke in persian meaning Chon (because) + ke (so)

Now if these words have actually entered persian from turkish or the
other way around I wouldn't know, but I'm pretty sure they don't have
roots in arabic.

Cywr - you are correct that the very reference to India in most Middle
Eastern languages as "Hind" derives from the name of the Indus River,
which may have even been then called "Hindus River". The name for
Sindh (the province at the mouth of the river) I'm not so sure about,
it may have developed separately. I've noticed that the plural
for each is different: Hindus vs Sindhis....I'm sure someone will
know more about that...

I thought it went Sindh[us?] - Hind[us] (and Hindistan) - Indus
(India), so a transition from the local language (what ever that was,
Sindhi?), to Persian, to Greek and later pretty much all the other
European languages (with the middle east adopting the Persian form).

There are two different reasons for common words between Hindi and Persian. Some of the words are more recently adapted in Hindi and for the most part go back to the Mughal period, but Hindi and Persian also have a common Indo-Aryan root and have probably originated in the same area. You will find many common word in ancientSanskrit and Persian texts long before they was direct interaction between Iranians and Idians or the Mughal period. More info here

There are two different reasons for
common words between Hindi and Persian. Some of the words are more
recently adapted in Hindi and for the most part go back to the Mughal
period, but Hindi and Persian also have a common Indo-Aryan root and
have probably originated in the same area. You will find many common word in ancientSanskrit and Persian texts long before they was direct interaction between Iranians and Idians or the Mughal period. More info here

That is a possiblity, and I would like
to research further the real origins of each of these words. However, I
find it highly unlikely that any of these words have roots in sanskrit.
Many of the words especially the ones that are constructed from two
smaller words, have no visible roots in today's hindi while they do in
persian. Although anything is possible, the chances of these words
somehow being sanskirt but the root getting lost and only the
constructed word remaining in the language is slim in my opinion.

<>There are two different reasons for common words between Hindi and
Persian. Some of the words are more recently adapted in Hindi and for
the most part go back to the Mughal period, but Hindi and Persian also
have a common Indo-Aryan root and have probably originated in the same area. You will find many common word in ancientSanskrit and Persian texts long before they was direct interaction between Iranians and Idians or the Mughal period. More info here>

<>There are two different reasons for common words between Hindi and
Persian. Some of the words are more recently adapted in Hindi and for
the most part go back to the Mughal period, but Hindi and Persian also
have a common Indo-Aryan root and have probably originated in the same area. You will find many common word in ancientSanskrit and Persian texts long before they was direct interaction between Iranians and Idians or the Mughal period. More info here

An obvious correlation that I forgot about....

A lot of numbers are also similar, and some of them are the same.

The numbers are actually borrowd from indians by persians I think.
Given that generally mathematics and especially the number zero came
originally from there.

Note: I have noticed many indians believe Hindi takes words from sanskrit while urdu takes them from persian/arabic. What I'm looking for is an investigation as to persian words in hindi not urdu.Thanks.

i think Hindi and Urdu are the same , they use the same words which makes them the same.

also i think the muslim Indians call their language Urdu while the rest call it Hindi

Depeding on your perspective. Hindi and Urdu are either separate languages or 2 forms of the same language.

They are close in that they evolved from a common language called
"Hindustani" Grammar is quite close, virtually identical, but the
general vocabulary is different, even though the core vocabulary is the
same. However, it is increasingly different since the partition
of India into India and Pakistan. This is due to movements within
each country to purge Persian/Arabic words from Hindi and use more
words from Sanskrit, and likewise in Pakistan to purge Sanskritic words
for those that are Persian/Arabic in origin. But to the
colloquial speaker both are mutually intelligible, in pure form, not so.

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